linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/5] KVM: x86: improve reexecute

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Message-ID: <50CC1F62.4050701@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:57:38 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
CC:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/5] KVM: x86: improve reexecute_instruction

Changlog:
- do not change pte access for mmio access
- a new bug is exposed that Dirty bit is not tracked if CR0.WP = 0
- cache something on page fault path and use them to detect unhandleable
  instruction, suggested by Marcelo

I will add the two testcase for unhandleable instruction after figure
out a way to notify the unemulationable error to guest

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